Software society
Subtitle: cultural and economic impact
By: William Meisel
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781466974111; 9781466974135; 9781466974128
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Computers and civilization; Computer software; Social aspects; Economic aspects; Software; Sozioökonomischer Wandel; Kulturwandel
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-247) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Software and people; title: Part I: Culture. 1. Major trends in software ; 2. Software: more than code ; 3. Connecting people and software ; 4. The nature of the human-computer connection ; 5. Security and privacy ; 6. Software in education ; 7. Software patents ; 8. War and cyberwar ; 9. Cultural evolution; title: Part II: Economics. 10. Technology communities ; 11. The economic base ; 12. The role of technology in economics ; 13. Software and jobs ; 14. Human connection to computers as part of the solution ; 15. An automation tax ; 16. Other approaches to the decline in jobs ; 17. Effective use of tax revenues ; 18. Building the future.